2019-2020 World Sevens Series
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@Stargazer said in 2019-2020 World Sevens Series:
@Machpants said in 2019-2020 World Sevens Series:
So is it another sudden death pool set up in LA?
I don't think so, but I haven't seen the draw, yet.
I looked for the draw but couldn’t find it either. They usually do it at the tournament before don’t they?
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The draw for the Los Angeles Sevens (Sun 1- Mon 2 March in NZT) has been released. They are following the old format that includes Cup QFs.
Pools
A - Fiji, Argentina, France and Korea (invit team)
B - South Africa, Ireland, Canada and Kenya
C - USA, Australia, Scotland and Samoa
D - England, New Zealand, Wales and Spain.
All Blacks 7s pool games (in NZT):
Sun 1 March 2020
6.45am: v Wales
9.41am: v Spain
1.21pm: v England -
@Stargazer said in 2019-2020 World Sevens Series:
The draw for the Los Angeles Sevens (Sun 1- Mon 2 March in NZT) has been released. They are following the old format that includes Cup QFs.
Pools
A - Fiji, Argentina, France and Korea (invit team)
B - South Africa, Ireland, Canada and Kenya
C - USA, Australia, Scotland and Samoa
D - England, New Zealand, Wales and SpainYay.
Do we assume the girls aren't playing (especially given they've already played in the States in Glendale).
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@Machpants Extra teams? There's one invitational team at every tournament. Or wasn't that what you meant?
Invitational teams:
Glendale (women): Japan
Dubai (men): Japan
Dubai (women): Japan
Cape Town (men): Japan
Capet Town (women): South Africa
Hamilton (men): Japan (it was supposed to be Tonga initially)
Hamilton (women): China
Sydney (men): Japan (initially: Tonga)
Sydney (women): Japan
LA (men): South Korea -
@booboo Hmmm, combined events (16 men's teams and 12 women's teams) aren't always played over three days.
Of the combined tournaments, the Hamilton, Sydney and Paris tournaments are played over two days, while the Dubai, Cape Town and Hong Kong tournaments are three day events.
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@Machpants I can't remember Hong Kong having had more than the core teams + one invitational teams at all. I know there has often been a separate tournament in the same week and that's not different now, but that's not in the same tournament.
The separate tournament involves second tier teams playing for a spot in next year's World Series (one team replacing the core team that drops out at the end of the current season). This year, for the first time, this second tier tournament is preceeded by two Challenger series to be held in South America.
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"The Hong Kong Sevens is the sport's most prestigious annual rugby sevens event organised as part of the World Rugby Sevens Series. Historically, it had been contested by 24 teams; all other World Series tournaments had 16 teams participating until the 2012–13 edition. The teams are divided into six pools of four teams, who play a round-robin within the pool. The winning team of the tournament acquires 30 points towards its rankings in the World Series instead of the normal 22, and the runner-up earns 25 points instead of the normal 19. Through the 2008–09 World Series, the Hong Kong Sevens awarded 24 points to the runner-up, and 16-team events offered only 20 points for the winner and 16 for the runner-up."
Was a while ago tho
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Not only the Hong Kong Sevens have been postponed, but also the Singapore Sevens.
Here's the World Rugby Statement:
World Rugby, the Hong Kong Rugby Union and Sport Singapore have taken the decision to reschedule the Hong Kong and Singapore rounds of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2020 in response to continued health concerns relating to the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. The health and safety of our players, fans and everyone working on the event is always our highest priority. This prudent decision has been taken in order to help protect the global rugby community and the wider public and was taken based on the World Health Organisation and relevant public authority travel and health guidelines. The decision is fully supported by stakeholders, including unions and commercial partners. Both events will be rescheduled to conclude the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2020 with the HSBC Singapore Sevens now taking place on 10-11 October and the Cathay Pacific/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens completing the series on 16-18 October. Hong Kong and Singapore will host HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2021 tournaments as per usual in April. Fans who have purchased tickets for Singapore and Hong Kong via official channels are advised that their tickets will be honoured for the rescheduled events and a full refund will be provided in the event fans are unable to attend the rescheduled events.
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Australia’s Sevens sides are in discussions with rival teams to try and fill a gap in their 2020 calendar after the postponement of the Hong Kong and Singapore Sevens World Series legs. World Rugby announced on Thursday night that the two Asian World Series legs, originally scheduled for early April, would be pushed back to October due to the threat of coronavirus. While the men have the North American World Series legs coming up, the news means the women’s World Series will have a three-month gap between tournaments. Rugby AU performance manager Sevens Scott Bowen said the organisation had started to sound out other countries like New Zealand and Fiji about setting up some matches in that window.